Climate averages 1991–2020
Kampala weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Kampala: daytime highs average 23.9°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 154 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes October a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nansana (8 km away). In October its highs average 24.4°C, about as warm as Kampala, with 154 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Kampala ranks 21st of 21 for the warmest October highs and joint 7th of 21 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 21 cities is 25.4°C; Kampala is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 23.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 154 mm to 179 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Kampala climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.9°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 108 | 19.6 | 12.112 h |
| February | 25.5°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 104 | 18.6 | 12.112 h |
| March | 24.8°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 165 | 25.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 23.7°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 220 | 27.7 | 12.112 h |
| May | 23.5°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 188 | 27.8 | 12.112 h |
| June | 23.5°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 115 | 22.5 | 12.112 h |
| July | 23.4°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 83 | 17.7 | 12.112 h |
| August | 23.8°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 109 | 22.7 | 12.112 h |
| September | 24.2°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 121 | 25.0 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 23.9°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 154 | 27.7 | 12.112 h |
| November | 23.7°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 179 | 26.8 | 12.112 h |
| December | 24.1°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 133 | 23.9 | 12.112 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
October in nearby cities
- Nansana in OctoberUganda · 8 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 17.2°C · 154 mm rain
- Kyengera in OctoberUganda · 9 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 18.2°C · 154 mm rain
- Kira in OctoberUganda · 11 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 17.6°C · 212 mm rain
- Kajansi in OctoberUganda · 12 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 19.1°C · 154 mm rain
- Mukono in OctoberUganda · 20 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 17.5°C · 170 mm rain
- Katabi in OctoberUganda · 29 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 19.6°C · 144 mm rain
- Lugazi in OctoberUganda · 40 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 17.5°C · 201 mm rain
- Mityana in OctoberUganda · 63 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 182 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Kampala) is explained once on the Kampala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Nansana, Kyengera and Kajansi lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.